Among the topics they touched on were getting back on the field, the importance of mental reps, defensive inconsistencies and the NFL's roughing the passer calls. The show can be seen live at The Clubhouse Sports Pub & Grill in downtown Appleton or at clubhouselive.com.

Q: You've been dealing with an ankle injury that has kept you out the first three games. Do you feel good about your chances to play Sunday against Buffalo?

Jones: It's just all about assurance. Not playing for two weeks, just being completely ready. Obviously, I wasn't completely ready, but I will be. ... I feel good.

Q: Once you are ready to return, what are you going to bring to the field?

Jones: Whatever position they have me playing, whatever package that may be. I'm just going to try to bring that energy - bring that juice and swagger to the defense to help us get to where we need to be.

Q: What are you doing to keep mentally sharp and involved as you continue to study the schemes of new defensive coordinator Mike Pettine?

Jones: It's just about paying attention in meetings. I still take notes like I'm playing. So as far as that, I'm pretty up-to-date on the playbook and everything. Taking mental reps is important while I'm not in there.

Q:You surrendered 323 yards and 28 points in the first half of Sunday's loss to Washington. But in the second half, you only allowed 63 yards and three points. What changed? And how do you bottle that second-half performance and use it as you get ready to take on Buffalo?

Clark: That's the most frustrating part about our defense this year. That's what we're trying to figure out. There's no magical speech that anybody goes into the locker room and says. There's nothing that nobody said. We just go back out there and go back to work. ... It's tough. It's something that we've got to figure out. That's the most frustrating part. We've got a lot of potential. You can see, we have those glimpses that we can be a great defense when we all come together. We've just got to figure out a way to start faster in games and just come out better.

Q: Do you think having a new defensive coordinator and learning his system have contributed to the early defensive inconsistencies?

Clark: Yeah, a little bit. But we've been going through this since spring. It's a lot of looks that different teams run that we haven't seen because we can't cover everything from the spring to summer. So a lot of stuff that we've seen, some of it is the first time of us seeing it. But it's no excuse.

The thing I love about our team is we never have any type of excuse about how we're doing. We're all about getting back to work. I'm confident in all of us. ... But that's just the most frustrating part is those times where we're looking great and everybody's feeling good and we're getting turnovers, making plays and hits on the quarterback. And then there will be times we're just giving up big plays. We've got to just figure that stuff out.

Q: Clay Matthews was flagged for another questionable roughing the passer penalty against the Redskins. Matthews suggested afterward the NFL is "getting soft." Do you agree?

Jones: I get protecting the quarterback and all that, protecting the big money. I get that. But it's football, man. It's meant to be played rough. We've got on protection for a reason. There's only so much you can try to do to protect somebody who's playing a physical game.